期刊
ARCHIVES OF PHARMACAL RESEARCH
卷 40, 期 2, 页码 231-239出版社
PHARMACEUTICAL SOC KOREA
DOI: 10.1007/s12272-016-0878-6
关键词
5-Fluorouracil; Sestrin2; p53; Cell migration; Colorectal cancer
资金
- Chosun University
5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of colorectal cancer. In this study, we investigated whether 5-FU induces Sestrin2 (SESN2), an antioxidant enzyme, and the role of SESN2 in 5-FU action in colon cancer cells. We found that 5-FU upregulated SESN2 protein expression in both HCT116 and HT29 cells. It also increased transcripts of SESN1 and SESN2, but not of SESN3. Furthermore, we investigated whether production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was involved in 5-FU-induced SESN2 expression. 5-FU did not increase ROS production nor affect Nrf2 phosphorylation and expression levels. Moreover, SESN2 upregulation by 5-FU was not prevented by pretreatment with antioxidants. Next, we investigated p53 levels after 5-FU treatment to elucidate the regulation of SESN2 by 5-FU. An increase in p53 levels was detected following 5-FU treatment; pifithrin-alpha, an inhibitor of p53 activation, reversed 5-FU-induced SESN2 expression. 5-FU prevented serum-induced in vitro cell migration, but knockdown of SESN2 or treatment with pifithrin-alpha reversed a 5-FU-mediated decrease in cell migration. Taken together, our results suggest that 5-FU increases SESN2 levels via a p53-dependent pathway, which contributes to inhibition of cancer cell migration in vitro.
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